Section 30.21 - Type and Number of Applications(a) The following two types of applications are permitted under the TxCDBG Program: (1) Single-jurisdiction applications. A community may submit only one application on its own behalf per TxCDBG fund if the project beneficiaries are limited to persons located within the community's jurisdiction. (A) An eligible community may not submit an application for a project that would primarily benefit another community that does not meet TxCDBG application threshold requirements. (B) Under certain situations, which are described in a fund category's application guide, an eligible city may submit a single-jurisdiction application that benefits persons residing inside its extraterritorial jurisdiction, and a county may submit a single-jurisdiction application on behalf of an incorporated city. (2) Multi-jurisdiction applications. Two or more eligible communities may submit a joint application if the proposed activities or project beneficiaries are located within more than one jurisdiction. (A) The proposed activities must: (i) be located within each participating community's jurisdiction; or (ii) mutually benefit residents of each community included in the application. (B) One of the participating communities must be designated to act in a representative capacity for all of the participating communities. The designated community assumes overall responsibility for ensuring that the application activities, if funded, will be carried out in accordance with statutory and contractual requirements. The designated community must enter into a legally binding cooperation agreement with each participant that incorporates TxCDBG requirements. (C) All communities participating in a multi-jurisdiction application must meet citizen participation and application threshold requirements. (D) A community participating in a multi-jurisdiction application may not submit a single jurisdiction application for the same funding category. (b) A community may not submit an application under more than one TxCDBG funding category if the proposed activities or beneficiaries under each application are the same or substantially similar.19 Tex. Admin. Code § 30.21
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 52, December 26, 2014, TexReg 10401, eff. 1/1/2015